tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post2993506484073209406..comments2024-03-28T10:35:59.966+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Forty years ago this month - September 1973.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-91355763722450616222014-09-30T08:59:00.671+01:002014-09-30T08:59:00.671+01:00It is indeed Sif on the cover but, inside the comi...It is indeed Sif on the cover but, inside the comic, it's both Sif and Karnilla who're trapped.<br /><br />To be honest, I didn't care about Sif being trapped but I felt it was the height of indignity for Karnilla to be trapped.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-85713691607318606402014-09-30T04:19:10.268+01:002014-09-30T04:19:10.268+01:00Isn't that Lady Sif trapped in the gem on the ...Isn't that Lady Sif trapped in the gem on the Thor cover?Shamushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425340105986634717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-23371240323206769372013-09-07T10:27:42.403+01:002013-09-07T10:27:42.403+01:00You're correct about The Hand of Nergal, which...You're correct about The Hand of Nergal, which was really just an outline by Howard, fleshed out by primo pasticheur Lin Carter. <br /><br />As I've blogged before, I got that very issue in the newsagent at Glasgow Airport, one of the few places selling US Marvels circa '73 in my area. My dad would bring us to watch planes taking off in the glamorous , pre-package holiday era.Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-54134512858700419312013-09-06T13:59:09.699+01:002013-09-06T13:59:09.699+01:00So that's what the cover of Captain America &a...So <i>that's</i> what the cover of <i>Captain America & Falcon</i> #165 looked like. I've had a coverless copy since about age four. <br /><br />It's hard to forget those giant spiders....R W Watkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-88112995880110086552013-09-05T22:38:35.722+01:002013-09-05T22:38:35.722+01:00"it was using-up material four times faster t..."it was using-up material four times faster than it was being created. Disaster was sure to follow."<br /><br />Yeah, that's one of the things that killed the Marvel-reprinting Power Comics of the Sixties. That, and expanding from one to five weekly titles in a year.Joe S. Walkerhttp://www.joesimpsonwalker.comnoreply@blogger.com